Stocking-supporter grip.



J. B. SMITH.

STOCKING SUPPORTER GRIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAEJB, 1910.

977,564, Patented Deo. 6, 1910.

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JOSEPH RICHARD SMITH, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIG-NOE TO WATER-BURY BUTTON COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

STOCKING-SUPPORTEB GRIP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at. WVaterbury, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stocking-SupporterGrips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in hose supporter grips, theobject being to improve the construction and provide a grip member whichwill not soil or injure the clothing or the body of the wearer.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the hose supportergrip; Fig. 2 is a front view thereof; Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are views ofseparate details; and, Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line XX, Fig. l,relatively enlarged.

The grip member is in general in the form of a loop widest at its topand tapering downwardly. This loop is provided at its rear with a feltor fabric covering, as indicated at l, the same being secured to theouter face of a channeled loop member 2, the edges of the felt beingturned into the channels and held therein by a keeper-plate 3 contouredto fit in the channeled part of the struck-up channeled member 2.

4 represents a wedge plate arranged to be secured to the front side ofthe loop as shown in Fig. 2, the same being secured to the keeper-platein any suitable way, as by fastenings 5-5, the fabric facing l extending around the edges of the finished loop so as to avoid danger ofcutting or injuring the garments, while the flat fabric facing at therear may lie directly against the body without soiling or injuring thesame. The wedge plate 4 is provided with a tapered or wedge-shapedrecess as indicated at 6. The hose or garment to be supported is simplyjammed into this wedge-shaped recess and there securely held. The wedgeplate 4 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1910.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Serial No. 549,689.

preferably formed of a material that will ofier a good holding surfaceto the garment.

In Fig. 4: I have shown roughly the general shape of a fabric blankemployed with the parts 2-3. In Fig. '7 I have shown, by a relativelyenlarged view, the method of gripping the edges of the fabric 1 withinthe channeled loop 2.

As shown, the edges of the channeled loop member may be pinched when theparts are assembled to clench the several parts together, thus firmlyholding them in the assembled position, only a very slight clenchingbeing required to accomplish said result.

What I claim is 1. In a garment supporting grip, a loop member havingone surface channeled at opposite sides and around the lower end of saidloop, a fabric covering for the surface opposite the channeled portion,the edges of said fabric extending into said channel and a keeper plateto hold said edges in said channel, said loop having a contractedportion at one end and a separately formed plate secured to thecontracted portion and having a wedge-shaped slot in its upper edge andopening into the space within the loop member.

2. In a garment supporting grip, a loop member having one surfacechanneled at opposite sides, a. fabric covering for the surface oppositethe channeled portion, the edges of said fabric extending into saidchannel, a keeper plate adapted to said channel and holding said fabrictherein, and a grip plate carried at the lower end of said loop member,said grip plate having a wedge-shaped slot therein, the broader end ofsaid slot opening into the space within the loop.

JOSEPH RICHARD SMITH.

WVitnesses Jos. BRESSNIES, A. C. MINTIE.

